The Athletics Department of the Future

This article, "The Athletics Department of the Future," is from The Chronicle of Higher Education by Brad Wolverton and may require registration or subscription for access:

In the hyper-competitive world of intercollegiate athletics, where programs vie to win national titles, attract talent, and build the best facilities, keeping a close eye on trends and emerging practices is a necessity. With that in mind, The Chronicle asked more than three dozen experts to describe the changes they expect to see in athletics departments in the next five to 10 years.

The article consists of a number of non-bulleted bullet points. For example: "Smarter office designs. Layouts will accommodate increasing staff sizes and put priority on student-service units. Academic advisers, compliance officials, and sports-medicine staff members will sit near each other to easily interact. 'I would put academic-student-services offices right next to AD offices,' says Christine A. Plonsky, women's athletics director at the U. of Texas at Austin, 'so we are reminded why we have jobs.'"